In first grade, Mrs. Cooper's class at Oakview Elementary, she would always play a game with the class similar to hide and seek. A classmate would hide a toy (I believe it was a leprechaun) while the rest of us would put ur heads down and waited. Once…
I watch Seinfeld. I watch Seinfeld every. single. night.Β Β Iβve done this for years.Β My wife has never seen a single episode of Seinfeld, but she can quote it like clockwork, and fill in the punch lines because sheβs heard the entire series 320x times. When Iβm…
What if it happens and there's no way out. The not-knowing doesn't kill me. It keeps me too alert to die. Alone is where the walls learn your name. They watch. They wait. They know the game. Then the chest tightens its gri a fist closing…
There is something that outlives the body. There is something that knows your voice before your name. There is something that forgives the wound before the apology. There is something that holds the silence when the room empties. There is something that buries its dead and sets the table anyway.…
The Great Gamer Tag Identity Crisis of the early 90s. WarMachine. I don't know where it came from. Ozzy had War Pigs but that wasn't it. Somewhere in my head there's a ghost reference, a song or a lyric or maybe just the word…
"Cops are at their house again" a neighbor told us. We installed external cameras and internal garage cameras nearly two years ago. We called them the "Chad Detection Cams" and they pickup motion, and sound, ALL SOUNDS including talk π We told our kids they couldn'…
With recent events around us, as unexpected goodbyes are happening, I'm reminded how fragile life is. Hug your people. π« Call your parents. π€ Call everyone. π£ Be present. Keep sewing those blankets of memories. In the end, that is...... all .... we ..... get ............. to ............. leave ............... behind. β€οΈ Jake https://lnkd.in/gcxX7haB…
With the help of AI, I was able to install my first electrical outlet, and it works too β‘ Oh, and Iβm almost a master plumber now.Yesterday, AI walked me through installing a toilet. Iβm still chiseling a trench through my living room floor for the pipe that…
Today, I heroically ascended the 3nd floor staircase in my house β no oxygen tank, just pure grit. At the top, I snapped a selfie, then I descended back down, clutching my Liquid Death. I then stepped outside, rang the bell, kissed my Chevelle, and basked in the glory of my…
We teach our kids to be themselves, smile, don't lie, and make others happy. π πΎπ πππππ ππππ ππππ ππππππ ππππ "πππππ ππ πππ πππππππ πππ'ππ π ππππππππ, πππ ππππππ πππππ ππππ ππ ππππ πππππππ ππππ'ππ πππ πππ ππππ". My wife and I stay up at nightβnot because weβre night owls, but because we wait for our oldest son to walk through the door, dragging in from…